diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17769cc0..f1fe2e42 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "Started CMake for ${PROJECT_NAME} v${PROJECT_VERSION}...\n")
 
-# option to use probe read/write checks
-if(DEFINED ENABLE_PROBE_READ_CHECK)
-  add_compile_definitions(ENABLE_PROBE_READ_CHECK=1)
-endif()
-
-if(DEFINED ENABLE_PROBE_WRITE_CHECK)
-  add_compile_definitions(ENABLE_PROBE_WRITE_CHECK=1)
-endif()
-
 # if option to build without libbpf is set
 if(${BPFTIME_BUILD_WITH_LIBBPF})
   add_definitions(-DBPFTIME_BUILD_WITH_LIBBPF=1)
@@ -169,6 +160,15 @@ add_subdirectory(attach)
 
 add_subdirectory(runtime)
 
+# option to use probe read/write checks
+if(DEFINED ENABLE_PROBE_READ_CHECK)
+  target_compile_definitions(runtime PRIVATE ENABLE_PROBE_READ_CHECK=1)
+endif()
+
+if(DEFINED ENABLE_PROBE_WRITE_CHECK)
+  target_compile_definitions(runtime PRIVATE ENABLE_PROBE_WRITE_CHECK=1)
+endif()
+
 # add to single archive if option is enabled
 if(${BPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB})
   set(UBPF_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vm/ubpf-vm/ubpf)
diff --git a/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake b/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
index 95f29580..1f126f84 100644
--- a/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/StandardSettings.cmake
@@ -87,4 +87,10 @@ option(BPFTIME_BUILD_KERNEL_BPF "Whether to build with bpf share maps" ON)
 option(BPFTIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIB "Whether to build a single static library for different archive files" OFF)
 
 # whether to build bpftime with libbpf and other linux headers
-option(BPFTIME_BUILD_WITH_LIBBPF "Whether to build with libbpf and other linux headers" ON)
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+option(BPFTIME_BUILD_WITH_LIBBPF "Whether to build with libbpf and other linux headers" ON)
+
+# whether to enable probe write check
+option(ENABLE_PROBE_WRITE_CHECK "Whether to enable probe write check" OFF)
+
+# whether to enable probe read check
+option(ENABLE_PROBE_READ_CHECK "Whether to enable probe read check" OFF)
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